Clasp and tag



May 16, 1933. H. cs. GOVIL 1,909,101

CLASP AND TAG Filed Sept. 22. 1930 INVENTOR -1m- HHRI ELEDVIL.

A TTORNEY Patented May 16, 1933.

HABI G. GOVIL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORKI CLASP AND TAG Application filedSeptember 22, 1930. Serial No. 483,557.

My invention refers to a clasp for fastening together papers or fabricand in particularit appliesto clasps which also serve as tags.

" One of the objects of my invention is to provide a clasp which isadapted to be available in the market as a substantially flat object, sothat it can conveniently be packed.

Another object of my; invention is to provide a clasp which is adaptedto perforate thesheets or fabric, upon which it is to be fastened, inpredetermined easy fashion.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clasp which combinesdecorativeness with utility and which can be used at thesametime as atag for identification purposes.

- A' further object of this invention is to provide aclasp with sharpcutting'members, which are inalign'ment "and cannot harm the'user aftertheyhave been applied to an object.

, Another object of my invention is to provide aclasp which is sha ed insuch manner that the sharp edges t ercof are pressed 011m,- andconcealed on, the object in c0mbinationwith which the are used, in orderthat they cannot harm t e user. I

These and other objects I attain by the invention described in thefollowing and illustrated by'the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 shows a clasp of my invention before it is put in use.

Fig.2 shows that clasp applied to an en 'velope.

T Fig. 3 shows a modification 'of 'my clasp v as it appears before use.

i i Fig. 4 shows, in a front view,'that modified claspapplied to a stackof papers- :Fig. 5 shows a corresponding back view. Fig. 6 shows anothermodification of my clasp. y i I Fig. 7 shows that clasp applied toya boxfor identification purposes. 4

Fig. 8 shows a modification of my clasp for indexing purposes.

'Fig. 9 shows that modified clasp applied 0 an index card.

' Fig. 10 shows an end view of the clasp of Fi 8 imilar numerals referto similar parts throughout the several views.

The clasp ofFig. 1 comprises a circular central portion .11, from whichextend, on.

opposite sides, the flaps 12 and 13. These flaps are integral parts ofthe head; but a scoring 14 is provided between the flaps and the head,said scoring facilitating the turning back of the flaps. The fiaps12-and 13 are bent substantially rectangularly back from the head when theclas is to be used. The edges 15 and 16 of the aps 12and 13,respectively, extend parallel to each other when the clasp is ready foruse, whereas the edges 17 and 18 are disposed at an acute angle inrespect to the edges 15 and 16, re-

spectively, and are bevelled at such an angle as to represent sharpcuttingedges.

The clasp, with the flaps rectangularly bent back for use, is placedface down upon the back of the front wall of an envelo the back wall 19of the envelope is. t en pressed down so that it iscut by the ed s 17and 18 of the fiaps and then the back ap 20 of the envelope is presseddown over the flaps of the clasp, extending through said back wall, sothat the flaps of the clasp extend rearwardly from the closed envelope.The flaps 12 and 13 are now bent over along the scored lines 14, andthey form a rectangle upon the closed envelope (Fig. 2)

The edges 17 and 18 extend parallel and close to each other diagonallyacross said rectangle. Said rectangle is bordered by the dull edges 15and 16 of the flaps'on two opposing sides and by round edges on theremaining two sides, the clasp being folded over along thescored lines14 to form those sides. 1

The heads 11 of the clasps may be suitably colored, when they are to beused for the purpose of identification on the surface of single orassembled sheets of material; or a suitable legend may be printed,stencilled or embossed on the face of the head as shown in themodification of Fig. 3. The clasp of this view has a substantiallysquare head 11 which is provided. with a monogram 21.

From the scored edges 1 1 integrally extend the flaps 12 and 13.

Since only the angularly disposed edges 17 and 18 of the flaps arebevelled in order to provide cutting edges, the clasp will cut a stackof papers 22, onto which the clasp is pressed after the flaps have beenbent rectangularly downward, along lines extending in the plane of saidflaps and laterally extending in one direction from the points at whichthe edges 15 and 17, and 16 and 18, respectively, meet and are in firstcontact with the paper. The result is that the head of the claspdescends onto the paper substantially in the direction in which it hadbeen placed thereon, the edges 15 and 16 of the flaps moving alongstraight lines through the stack ofpapers, while the sharp edges 17 and18 are cutting through the papers. After the head 11 has been presseddown onto the stack of papers, the flaps are fully bent over so thatthey extend in the manner shown in Fig. 5, the sharp edges 17 and 18being turned towards each other.

The modification of Fig. 6 has a hexagonal head from opposite sides ofwhich extend, along scored lines 14, the flaps 12 and 13. The marking onthe head is shown to be applied by the user by a pencil or othersuitable writing means. If I provide a dull surface upon the head 11, alegend may be permanently or erasably written upon said surface by theuser.

. In this modification of my invention, I show the bevelled edges 17 and18 on opposite faces of the clasp, the sharp edge 17 being disposed inthe plane of the top of the clasp, whereas the sharp edge 18 is disposedin the plane of the bottom of the clasp. This mode of providing thebevelled edges on my clasp has two advantages. First,the bevelled. sidesextending angularly from. the sharp edges can extend substantially inabutment, alongside of each other, when they are fully swung back inengagement with a sheet of material such as the front wall of the box23. But the oppositely disposed bevelled edges of the modification ofFig. 6 also lend themselves to ready manufacture, if adjoining tags aredisposed close to each other along said bevelled edgesin the blank ofmaterial from which the clasps are manufactured, and if a cutting knifesevers such adjoining clasps by angularly descending therebetween, andby producing the oppositely bevelled edges on adjoining clasps at thesame time.

' In the modification of Fig; 8, flaps 12' and 13' extend from the head11 near the lower end of said head. The legend 24, which is exemplarilyindicated by the letter (A), is disposed upon the upper part of thehead, the head being suitably rounded off thereabove. This clasp isapplied to an index card 25 in the manner shown in Fig. 9, the part ofthe head which bears a legend extending above the card, so that analigned stack of such cards allows the identification of the individualcards by means of the legends on the clasps which extend from the cardalong various points near their upper edges. In order to prevent thesharp edges of the flaps from protruding backwardly from the material towhich the clasp has been applied, I slightly curve said flaps backwardlyin the manner shown in the end View of Fig. 10. If my clasp has thisappearance before use, the sharp points at the ends of the flaps willalways rest upon the back of the material to which the clasp is appliedand may even bury themselves in said material for a short distance, sothat they cannot harm the user.

While I have shown and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, it will be realized that other modifications and changesmay be resorted to under special conditions. I therefore do not wish tobe limited and restricted to the exact details shown and described, butreserve. the right to make such changes and modifications as may fairlyfall within the scope of the subject matter now being claimed.

What I claim is 1. In a clasp, a head portion, flaps extending from saidhead portion along scored lines and substantially in a plane with saidhead portion, said flaps having straight edges extending at right anglesto said scored lines, and bevelled cutting edges on said flaps angularlydisposed in respect to said straight edges.

' 2. In a clasp, a head portion, flaps extending from said head portionalong scored lines, said flaps having straight edges ex tending at rightangles to said scored lines and bevelled cutting edges on said flapsangularly disposed in respect to said straight edges.

3. In a clasp, a head portion, pointed flaps extending from oppositesides of said head portion along scored lines and substantially in aplane with said head portion, one side of each of said flaps beingrightangularly disposed to the side of said head portion from whichtherespective flaps extends, and bevelled cutting edges on said flapsangularly disposed in respect to said right angularly disposed sides ofsaid flaps.

4. In a clasp, a head portion, pointed flaps extending from oppositesides of said head portion substantially in a plane with said headportion, one side of each of said flaps being rightangularly disposed tothe side of said head portion from which the respective flap extends,and a bevelled. cutting edge on each of said flaps forming a trianglewith said rectangularly disposed sides of the respective flap.

5.7 In a clasp, .a head portion, pointed flaps extending from oppositesides of said head portion substantially in a plane with said headportion, one side of each of said flaps being rightangularly disposed tothe side of said head portion from which the respective flap extends,and a bevelled cutting edge on each of said flaps forming a trianglewith saidrectangularly disposed sides of the respective flaps, saidcutting edges on oppositely extending flaps being disposed incorresponding faces of said flaps.

6. In a clasp, a head portion, pointed flaps extending from oppositesides of said head portion substantially in a plane with said headportion, one side of each of said flaps being rightangularly disposed tothe side of said head portion from which the respective flap extends,and a bevelled cutting edge on each of said flaps forming a trianglewith said rectangularly disposed sides of the respectiveflap, saidIcutting edges on oppositely extending flaps being disposed in oppositefaces of said flaps.

7. In a clasp, a head portion, pointed flaps extending from oppositesides of said head portion substantially in a plane with said headportion, one side of each of said flaps being rightangularly disposed tothe sides of said head portion from which the respective flap extends,and a bevelled cutting edge on each of said flaps forming a trianglewith said rectangularly disposed sides of the respective flap, saidcutting edges of oppositely extending flaps being disposed substantiallydiagonally in a rectangle formed bythe other sides of said flaps, whensaid flaps are folded back onto said head portion.

8. In a clasp in combination with a head portion having a legend,pointed flaps extending from opposite sides of said head portionsubstantially in the plane thereof and extending side by side, whenfolded back onto said head portion, the sides of said flaps along whichthey extend from said head portion being shorter than the greatest widthof the head portion in the direction of said sides, and one side of oneof said flaps extending in line with the base of said head portion,

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

HARI G. GOVIL.

